“There is no one who goes through as much drama”: Valkyrae reacts to Pokimane’s hate-raid controversy
Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter responded to the controversy involving Imane “Pokimane” Anys and YouTuber Jidon “Jidion” Adams during a recent livestream.
Pokimane and her fellow creators were in the middle of a Valorant stream when she found herself at the receiving end of a “hate-raid” from Jidion. Valkyrae suggested that the raid was meant to attract attention.
Jidion later claimed that the hate-raid was meant to express his frustration with Poki, who had recently been banned on Twitch due to streaming DMCA-able content. Rae suggested that he was looking to attract attention and organized the raid for clout.
The 100 Thieves co-owner was unhappy with the recent controversy. She claimed the incident had been affecting her for quite some time and believed that Jidion’s hate-raid was an example of both misogyny and harassment:
Valkyrae and Pokimane are close friends who often collaborate on different types of content. The former claimed that Poki was still the number 1 female streamer in the world, which is why people tend to use her for clout:
Jidion only recently partnered with Twitch but ended up organizing the hate-raid during his first stream as a verified creator on the platform. He is pretty popular on YouTube, where he has 3.51 million subscribers.
However, Rae claimed that he was still looking for clout on Twitch:
The 30-year-old finished by claiming that she was in awe of how Pokimane had handled the entire situation. Rae revealed she had been talking to Poki since the incident and encouraged her viewers to send the latter some “love”:
The Washington native was thoroughly unimpressed with the hate-raid and convinced that Jidion organized it simply because he was looking for extra attention. As the comments suggest, most of
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